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LBMA Precious Metals Market Volumes: 2021 Recap

Investors are starting the week facing a confluence of factors that are weighing on global equities, pointing to a continuation of last week’s sell-off.

Welcome to our monthly analysis of LBMA trading volumes for the major precious metals. There were some very interesting variations in the monthly activities in the four different metals. The standouts in spot were high volumes in both gold and silver at the start of the month.

The main question heading into the week is whether the stock market's recent punishment will continue, particularly as Big Tech comes into focus with Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT) slated to announce their results.

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In a move that could spell dramatic change for the bitcoin mining industry, American tech conglomerate Intel (INTC) is moving to execute newly-released plans on an “ultra-low-voltage energy-efficient Bitcoin mining ASIC” chip.

Staying current on all of the new terms can be a challenge, so here’s a rundown of the big ones that have popped up over the past 12 months – and a few you’re likely to hear more of before the year is out.

Today, January 21, 2022, among the underlying components of the NYSE, we saw unusual or noteworthy options trading volume and activity in United Parcel (UPS), which opened at $202.57.

Last night, after the market close, Netflix (NFLX) reported its Q4 2021 earnings, and its earnings per share (EPS) came in at $1.33, a big beat of the $0.82 that Wall Street analysts had expected, on revenue that was roughly in line with forecasts.

Daily energy market commentary provided by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions Advisory Services' Energy Team.

Commodities are coming off stellar showings in 2021, and that provided support for an array of broad-based exchange traded funds. Making those performances all the more impressive is that of the most heavily traded and widely investable commodities – gold and silver – were laggar

In the recent past, the “buy the dip” view has prevailed, and very well could again.

With the SEC looking at a more holistic review of market structure, there are a lot of problems regulators might be looking to fix. One, which others have also pointed out too, is trading in tick-constrained stocks.

Twenty years ago, during the internet revolution, we saw many new services, products and companies emerge, and others disappear. Now, we are in the digital age and another revolution is underway.

Today, January 20, 2022, among the underlying components of the NYSE, we saw unusual or noteworthy options trading volume and activity in Barclays (BCS), which opened at $11.33.

I mention this because on September 1 of last year, I wrote a piece explaining why I intended to buy both Alibaba (BABA) and Baidu (BIDU) that morning. Neither of those trades worked out.

Daily energy market commentary provided by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions Advisory Services' Energy Team.

The streaming pioneer is set to report fourth quarter fiscal 2021 earnings results after the closing bell Thursday.

Equities are looking to stage a rebound today. Lending a helping hand is a prime rate cut in China, while European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde signaled the bank doesn’t expect to be as aggressive as the Fed

More and more investors are thinking about environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues when allocating their portfolios. Additionally, cryptocurrency is starting to capture an allocation from a growing number of portfolios.